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GemHelper

Description

Search, filter and craft gems in the game!

For non-Jewelcrafters, GemHelper serves as a encyclopedia for gems much like what AtlasLoot Enhanced is for instance and reputation loot. With many search filters for the exact gem colours, stats and materials, users can quickly find the best gem to socket into their new equipment without having to harass a Jewelcrafter or check a website about what gems are available.

For Jewelcrafters, GemHelper goes a step further and allows users to craft gems directly from the GemHelper UI with extra options such as "Have Materials" that Enchanters currently have. Jewelcrafters are also able to replace the default Blizzard Jewelcrafting UI.

The gem tooltips will list the materials needed to craft it or the location where the gem can be found/purchased. Currently, the database contains 565 gems. All gems should be (more or less) safe to query the server for (the link) because if someone has the gem on the server (in inventory, bank or socketted in gear) and has logged on since the last server reboot, it will be safe to query.

To use GemHelper, type /gh or /gemhelper ingame. If you are a Jewelcrafter, you open the GemHelper window by pressing the Jewelcrafting button on your actionbar or spellbook.

This addon can be used along with CraftList2, ATSW, Skillet.

Quirks

If you open the GemHelper window via the slash command (/gh or /gemhelper), you will not be able to craft gems from it. You must open the GemHelper window via the Jewelcrafting button on your actionbars/spellbook. This is NOT a bug and is a limitation of the WoW game engine.

What I need

Localization information for various languages:
With the changes before Cataclysm was released many gems got renamed, new names introduced, some removed, etc. I'm unable to accurately update the existing non-English translations of GemHelper. I have enabled the Localization pages for everyone who can, to submit translations to be used for GemHelper.
Also, please review this ticket and post whatever information you can on non-English name structures. Thanks.

Credits

Beta Testers: Astrae, Karenwise, Grum
And many thanks to Xinhuan's guild members for helping with gems!

Translators: Thanks to everyone who provided translations for GemHelper.


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  • Avatar of Aoife Aoife May 06, 2012 at 21:14 UTC - 0 likes

    @tiker: Go

    Thanks, Tiker! I'll forward the link to my guildies and I'll get to testing it myself!

    :)

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    Aoife
    Divine Alliance of Mok'Nathal

  • Avatar of tiker tiker May 06, 2012 at 21:04 UTC - 0 likes

    The first attempt at a broker LDB addon has been posted.
    http://www.wowace.com/addons/gemhelper-broker/

    Any questions or problems - post them over there.  :)

    Donations are always welcomed!
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  • Avatar of tiker tiker May 06, 2012 at 02:09 UTC - 0 likes

    Ok.  I'll see what I can do.  :)

  • Avatar of Aoife Aoife May 06, 2012 at 01:52 UTC - 0 likes

    @tiker: Go

    That would be cool, Tiker! I just read your reply to a guildie and he said that would be great!

    :)

  • Avatar of tiker tiker May 06, 2012 at 01:48 UTC - 0 likes

    The titan panel GemHelper mod was actually done by someone else and was never part of the main GemHelper mod.

    The mod on WOWInterface says it's only maintained on curse.com now but the link is now invalid so I don't think it's maintained any more.

    I should be able to put together a quick little broker mod for GemHelper if you want.

  • Avatar of Aoife Aoife May 06, 2012 at 00:48 UTC - 0 likes

    Has the broker functionality been changed or removed? I used to have this on my Titan Panel and now it's not showing up in my list of plugins.

    Just wondering....

  • Avatar of tiker tiker Apr 15, 2012 at 02:35 UTC - 0 likes

    @LarryGatlin: Go

    Sorry but the "have mats" option is for the materials you have on your character available to cut immediately no matter where you are.

    Last edited Apr 15, 2012 by tiker
  • Avatar of LarryGatlin LarryGatlin Apr 14, 2012 at 14:58 UTC - 0 likes

    I like your Addon very much, but would it be possible to have the addon besides checking you bags for mats, also check your Bank via the have materials checkbox?

  • Avatar of cheriea99 cheriea99 Dec 24, 2011 at 06:21 UTC - 0 likes

    The only thing I would suggest for this addon is the ability to further filter for gems by the item level in which you intend to use the gem on. Aside from that, I really like this addon so thank you for making it. It's a great alternative to bouncing out of the game to go to gem finder website to find a suitable gem, and even that website doesn't have the ability to filter by item level.

  • Avatar of tiker tiker Nov 22, 2011 at 16:24 UTC - 0 likes

    GemHelper (r144) in the files section here includes the epic gems coming in 4.3. Test this if you can on the PTR servers. If all is good it will be the next version for the live servers after the patch.

    There are a handful of gems which are not crafted, same as crafted gems but are "Bind On Pickup". If anyone from the PTR servers know where these gems are from, please post a note in the ticket here and I'll update the in-game tool tips for them.

    Thanks.

    Last edited Nov 22, 2011 by tiker

Table of contents

  1. 1 Description
  2. 2 Quirks
  3. 3 What I need
  4. 4 Credits

Facts

Date created
Sep 28, 2008
Categories
Last update
Apr 29, 2012
Development stage
Release
Language
  • deDE
  • enUS
  • frFR
  • koKR
  • ruRU
  • zhCN
  • zhTW
License
All Rights Reserved
Curse link
GemHelper
Downloads
105,685
Recent files
  • R: 4.3.26 for 4.3.4 Apr 29, 2012
  • A: r167 for 4.3.4 Apr 29, 2012
  • A: r166 for 4.3.3 Apr 13, 2012
  • R: 4.3.24 for 4.3 Mar 22, 2012
  • A: r164 for 4.3 Mar 05, 2012

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